Golden Hind (ex-Pelican) by Baker - FINISHED - scale 1/45 - Galleon late 16th century

[G.L.]

I agree with Edward. That becomes a nice pelican.

[Baker]

Thaks for the nice comments. Making this figurehead was so much fun that I finished it first.
 

First an idea of what i should become

Wings in pencil

Wings carved

feathers carved and start loosening the piece of wood

 

Need plastic surgery (CA glue)

carving ready

a base coat of white

painting in progress

painting ready and dry fitted

used tools and paint

the figurehead is not yet glued on. There is still too much chance to damage it during the further build

 

Thanks for folowing, likes and comments

 

 

 

[Barbossa]

Wonderful bird, well done

[G.L.]

Very nice figure head, Patrick. You have a real talent for woodcarving.

[md1400cs]

NIce indeed Patrick - looks like a  perfect 16th Century art work.

 

I will also attempt a first dragon head carving for my Viking project coming up - New learning for both of us -- very nice first attempt  

Edited April 14, 2020 by md1400cs

[mtaylor]

Nice work on the figurehead, Patrick. 

[GrandpaPhil]

Nicely done on the figurehead!

[Baker]

Most of my time the last few weeks has gone to installing a new laptop.
The old laptop hadn't survived a fatal upgrade to windows 10.
And considering I'm no IT specialist , complete installation of the new laptop takes a while ...

 

Building the staghorns

The staghors were first completed and then glued on the model.

 

In total there are 10

4 at the waist

4 on the half deck

2 at the fore castle (to be placed later)

The places where they are provided are based on these drawings.

Building staghorns

first glued on a plank

after drying cut loose

Meanwhile, the construction of 2 pumps has started.

Again many questions. On which deck, how much and where do I place them.

 

Which deck?  The deck below this deck is expected to drain  water to the hold. Therefore, the pumps are on this deck at the waist / rear castle.

How much ?   Probably 1 or 2. Because we anticipate a long unknown journey. This Pelican gets 2.

Where? Normally behind the main mast close to the center of the deck.

 

The pumpshafts should be (visible) on the lower deck. 

But to be able to drill holes , I will have to remove part of the deck from the rear castle (small construction error ).

These pumps will be glued to the deck later. If I place them now, they'll get in the way of the knighthead and I'll get in trouble later.

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[G.L.]

Those pumps worked very well, Patrick. They are perfectly round, and that without using a lathe!

[flying_dutchman2]

Patrick, 

I like your staghorns and especially the pumps.  I know that my Zeehaen needs a lot of the staghorns and a few of the pumps. 

 

[cog]

8 hours ago, Backer said:

And considering I'm no IT specialist , complete installation of the new laptop takes a while ...

Even those need time to do so. It takes me nearly three days to have it up and running the wy I want and need it

 

Lovely pumps by the way

[Baker]

16 hours ago, G.L. said:

Those pumps worked very well, Patrick. They are perfectly round, and that without using a lathe!

They were rounded with a very poor man lathe (a knive, a file and sandpaper)

I should invest in some better material.  But ... space, space. no space left to install it

13 hours ago, flying_dutchman2 said:

Patrick, 

I like your staghorns and especially the pumps.  I know that my Zeehaen needs a lot of the staghorns and a few of the pumps. 

 

The staghors came from the Duyfken replica . The pumps are from the Batavia and Duyfken replica

10 hours ago, cog said:

Even those need time to do so. It takes me nearly three days to have it up and running the wy I want and need it

 

Lovely pumps by the way

It looks that on Windows 10 everything should work through paid micro$oft programs. That's my problem...
Ps,
Most things on the lapotop already work back (for free).

Edited April 26, 2020 by Backer

[Baker]

Finishing the pumps. 

As said, the pumps of the Batavia and Duyfken replicas served as an example.

 

A hole is drilled in the centre of the pump. This is where the metal wire comes in that is attached to the pump arm

A plastic disc is glued to the base of each pump. Around the base is tissue paper glued with CA glue 

Pumps painted. The basis is a kind of seal between the pump and the deck (source Duyfken Replica)

Ther is no outlet  on the side of the pumps like on my "modern" pump.  Reason, they do not serve to pump clean water into a bucket. But to pump dirty water out of  the hold.

Pumps dry fitted in place.  2 options.

 

option 1

 

option 2

For the moment, i go for option 2

 

 

 

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by Backer

[Baker]

And a few weeks ago i sawed wood for masts and spars

Before i install the fore castle i have to decide where the shrouds of the fore mast come, and how much.

 

Some info about the lengts of mast early 17th century

And it seems that the lower part of the main and fore masts are about the same height on level

The number of shrouds on the fore mast also varies a lot (between 3 and 6)

Determine mast length in relation to the deck. The fore mast is a little bit shorter than the main mast.
The angle to the deck also varied greatly. From right-angled to strongly bending forward

5 is to much,  when we fire the cannon, we will do more damage to our own rigging than to the opponent.

4 is better, where one enters the ratlines (on the forecastle) the distance between the shrouds is already much narrower.

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[Baker]

All grooves for the shrouds are made.

A lot of work to determine the position of 8 grooves.

 

Reminders with the necessary dimensions

The fore castle

Especially on Spanish galleons, this, together with the rearcastle, was one of the most important defenses of the ship.

In function of boarding an enemy ship and defending one's own ship. Usually it was custom to give 1 salvo with the ship cannons and then board the enemy ship with the well equipped and trained Spanish foot soldiers.

The English began to develop a different strategy over time. Better placed cannons that fired several salvo's.

Different strategies.

 

The interior of the fore castle.  Since the cannons and most other items have already been made, this goes quite smoothly.

And first I make a layout of the deck (approximately).

 

 

On some merchants the galley was sometimes placed in the fore castle . For hygiene reasons (even as early as the 16th century).

Because this is not a real warship, but more of a (heavily) armed merchant ship. There will be some kind of small cooking place in the forecastle.

 

source

 Forgotten something on the beakhead (n°35)

Solved

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Edited May 2, 2020 by Backer

[Barbossa]

Wonderful work (as always) Patrick, thanks for sharing as you introduce me in shipbuilding from the (end of)16th century.

[Baker]

A 16th century "cooking stove".

Only 2 things are maybe correct : Made of bricks and it can be placed in the fore castle.
Everything else is my own guesswork.

A brick construction on a moving wooden ship, I think, should be reinforced with wood and or iron. Otherwise, the construction will not last long.

Plastic sheet is the material i use.

 

Making a brik wall

The base

Make a hole

"iron and bolts"

Neutral grey is base color. While still wet, dry brushing with red

While still wet, dry brushing with sand

Metal parts painted (2 buckets as a test)

traces of soot

ready to install  (2 buckets with extinguishing water)

ready for coocking 

Removable grating will be installed above the kitchen.

 

Thanks for following, likes and comments 

 

[Edwardkenway]

Lovely stove!!, I think your interpretation would pass muster. Sterling  job sof far👍

[rkwz]

Masterful work. Love the detail with soot on the bricks!

[md1400cs]

Patrick,

 

Your stove is as rkwz just mentioned - indeed it is.

PS: As you certainly know model train suppliers also have sheets and "what not" that simulate brick. No need to do all of that excellent prep work...

though possibly not to the scale that you needed. Oh  I assume even back then bricks were the medium used to make ovens.

and ---- BTW your bullet shell casing buckets are in my memory banks

Cheers,

 

[G.L.]

When does the BBQ start?

Beautiful stove, Patrick!

[Louie da fly]

Beautiful job on the oven, Patrick. Very realistic!

 

Steven

[Barbossa]

Hi Patrick, wonderful work indeed and bring on the sausages and the skewers as already suggested .

Is this piece of art to be covered , thus hidden forever ?

[JpR62]

Superb work on this "cooking stove". Ready for a "grillade-party" 😀

I really love the paint job and the result is really great !

[Baker]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

 

Brick walls can indeed just be bought. But my model shop in the city of Antwerp is closed because of Corona.
And actually the build of the stove was not that much work. Building about 1 h and painting 30 minutes.

Installing the stoove on the model took the longest time.

 

Removable grating will be provided later.

 

After the corona lock out,  BBQ on the ship for all members. 
(Does anyone have a shrink machine to make us all 45 times smaller?)

[cog]

No but you could take it out and pump it to the right size for a BBQ

 

Very realistic Patrick. Don't hurt your back  moving the ship with the additional weight

Edited May 6, 2020 by cog

[Baker]

Hello everyone. Work in progress, update

Further work on the interior and the pots and pans of the chef.

Some brass cooking pots 
Metal pans (actually a panther wheel and a copula of Russian armed car).

A Ladder.
And of course firewood.

And the planking of the deck. The deck planking was more work than expected.  

An example of a forecastle with some kind of grating.

A kitchen, pots and pans, but no food on the table.
Boring... 😴

 

 

Thanks for following

 

[Baker]

While thinking about making the masts. I went looking for a wood lathe.

There are lathes for a reasonable price. New or second-hand.

 

But why don't I try to make one myself. Can't be that difficult. I thought
So all my spare time on the weekend is spent in a self-made lathe.

Ingredients
A drill.
Part of my worn out drill.
aluminium profile.
Bolts, nuts and screws.
Time...

 

And, to my own surprise, it worked. 

 

Mizzen, main, foremast and bowsprit.
Dry fitted (all still too long and not at the right angle)

Thanks for following

[cog]

I made mine almost the same, a bit lighter though, and bought a spinning centre for a lathe

 

It seems I didn't put it back on in the jigs section after the crash on MSW 1.0. Thanks for showing, now I know how I can add a rest for the chisel

[Baker]

Finished the forecastle.

Made removable grating

And we have a pelican on board.

I never thought I'd ever get this far building this Pelican

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